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Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge c9.95

Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge c9.95

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c9.95

¹ Śaṅkara comments on itihāsapurāṇam as bhāratapañcamānaṃ at Ch 7 1.2, but on Bṛh 2 4 10 he speaks of itihāsa as ūrvaśīpurūravaśoḥ saṃvādādir 'ūrvaśī hāpsarā ityādi brāhmaṇam eva (cp Ś Br. 11 5 1 1) and of purāṇam as asad vā idam agra āsīd ityādi (cp Ś Br 6 1 1.1). The difference reveals the bias in Śaṅkara's comments, on this *v.* B. Faddegon, "The Catalogue of Sciences in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad' in Acta Orientalia, IV, 42-54

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